Crime

City suspends alcohol licenses

CITY OF RENO NEWS RELEASE The privileged liquor licenses of several Reno businesses have been suspended as a result of the city of Reno and Reno Police Department’s continuing efforts to stop sales of liquor to minors through liquor license compliance sting operations. The...

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Deputy receives “Survivor Award” during Hoff Memo

On December 17th, 2011, Deputy Cole Bunyard survived a violent attack that came without warning while he was conducting a traffic stop in Gerlach, Nevada. With backup over 100 miles away and unable to get to his K9 partner who was in the patrol...

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Reno’s Fugitive Task Force arrests sexual assault, kidnapping suspect at VA

USMS NEWS RELEASE The Reno United States Marshals Service-led Fugitive Task Force, in partnership with the Department of Veterans Police, announces the arrest of Landan R. McMain, 28. McMain is wanted by the Colorado Springs Police Department on an outstanding arrest warrant for multiple...

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Sheriff’s office to host American Jail Association conference

SUBMITTED NEWS RELEASE From April 22-26, 2012, approximately 1,200 jail practitioners and service providers across the country will convene in Reno, for the 31st Annual Training Conference & Jail Expo to train, network, and discuss many issues facing this country’s approximately 3,100 jails. The...

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Nevada gets A+ for child abuse death transparency

DHHS NEWS RELEASE CARSON CITY — The scorecard released Tuesday by the University of San Diego School of Law and child advocacy group First Star gives Nevada 98 out of 100 points for its disclosure policies related to child fatalities. Nevada is one of...

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OPINION: Citations suggest Nevada law permissive on ‘robo-signing’

SUBMITTED BY NPRI By Steven Miller LAS VEGAS — When the late Tracy Lawrence went before a Clark County Grand Jury last November to be quizzed about her activities as a notary for Lender Processing Services, she must have felt uneasy. On the one hand, supervisors in...

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AG Masto’s office guilty of prosecutorial misconduct, sloppy legal practice, argues brief

SUBMITTED BY NPRI By Steven Miller LAS VEGAS — When is a legal brief blistering hot? One answer: When it asserts the office of Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto engaged in both prosecutorial misconduct and sloppy legal practice — and then supports those assertions...

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Reno Police program works to keep mentally ill citizens out of jail

CITY OF RENO NEWS RELEASE The Mobile Outreach Safety Team has been working to improve the safety of our community by providing assistance to those afflicted with mental illness. Since the inception, MOST has managed to keep numerous citizens out of an endless cycle...

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UPDATE: Sheriff’s Detectives Arrest Additional Suspect Related to Incline Village Burglary Ring, Recover Six Guns

UPDATE While conducting additional follow-up related to the recent rash of burglaries on the North Shore of Lake Tahoe, Washoe County Sheriff’s Detectives identified Jason Greene as an additional suspect in the possession of stolen property. Sheriff’s Detectives identified items pawned by Greene at...

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Committee To Aid Abused Women honors Cortez Masto

CAAW NEWS RELEASE This month the Committee to Aid Abused Women (CAAW) will honor Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto at its 30th annual Hannah Humanitarian Award Luncheon for her dedication to aiding and protecting those affected by domestic violence. The event will also...

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OPINION: Nevada newspaper goes behind the wall…to die

SUBMITTED BY PAUL KISER The Reno Gazette-Journal recently decided to lock themselves behind a wall and it will cost you at least $12/month to see what...

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